City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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Councilor Flynn, Fernandes Anderson, Louijeune, Arroyo, Baker, Bok, Breadon, Coletta, Flaherty, Lara, Murphy and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of Boston Firefighters Local 718 and urging the Massachusetts Civil Service Human Resource Division to work in good faith on the issue of Civil Service Promotion Exams. On motion of Councilor Flynn, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor. Louijeune as an original co-sponsor. The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
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Councilor Fernandes Anderson, Worrell, Louijeune, Arroyo, Baker, Bok, Breadon, Coletta, Flaherty, Flynn, Lara and Murphy offered the following: Resolution honoring The Legacy of MLK and Mrs. King Through The Establishment of King's Heritage Trail. On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Louijeune as a co-sponsor. On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, the resolution was adopted. yeas 12, nays 0; absent 1 (Mejia).
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Message and order to reduce the FY23 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($50,850.00) to provide funding for the Public Health Commission for the FY23 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the Public Health Commission and the SEIU Local 888 (Coordinator/Assistant Coordinators Unit). The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 0, absent.
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Message and order approving a supplemental appropriation for the Public Health Commission for FY23 in the amount of Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($50,850.00) to cover the FY23 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the Public Health Commission and the SEIU Local 888 (Coordinators/Assistant Coordinators Unit). The terms of the contracts include base wage increases of 2% in October 2020, 1.5% in October of 2021, and 2% in October 2022. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 0, absent 1.
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Councilor Fernandes Anderson called Docket #0111, authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate an amount of Twenty-One Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollar $21,600,000.00) for the purpose of paying the cost of a design and construction associated with boiler, windows and door replacement projects at the following schools: Boston Day and Evening Academy, Henderson Upper School, Rafael Hernandez School and William E. Russell School, from the Assignment Sheet. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 9.
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On the message and order, referred on February 1, 2023 Docket #0324, temporarily extending Urban Renewal Plans in the City of Boston until March 31, 2025 or passage of a proposed relevant Home Rule Petition, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor Arroyo called Docket # 0406, Petition for a Special Law RE: An Act Establishing Student Voting on the Boston School Committee, from the Committee on Government Operations. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Arroyo, the petition was passed; yeas 11, nays 2 (Baker and Flynn).
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The Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on January 11, 2023, Docket #0135, Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to Reorganization of the Boston School Committee, submits a report recommending that the home rule petition ought to pass in new draft. Councilor Flaherty offered an amendment. On motion of Councilor Flaherty, amendment did not pass; yeas 4, (Baker, Flaherty, Flynn and Murphy), nays 9. On motion of Councilor Arroyo, the report was accepted; the petition was passed in a new draft; yeas 7, nays: 5, (Baker, Flaherty, Flynn, Murphy and Worrell); present 1 (Bok).
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On the motion and ordinance, referred on December 14, 2022, Docket #0100, for your approval establishing the Office of Participatory Budgeting, amending the City of Boston Code, Chapter V, with the insertion of a new Section 5 1.1, the committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft; yeas 6; nays 4 (Baker, Flaherty, Flynn and Murphy); absent 3 (Coletta, Mejia and Worrell). The report was not accepted in a new draft, as it did not receive a majority vote. The original ordinance remains in the Committee on Government Operations.
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Councilor Baker, Arroyo, Bok, Breadon, Coletta, Fernandes Anderson, Flaherty, Flynn, Lara, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy and Worrell offered the following: Petition for a Special Law RE: An act directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for Police Officers for Wendy Pierre-Louis. On motion of Councilor Baker, the rules were suspended; the petition was passed; yeas 13.
